Canopy-frame



Patented May 2, i899.

C. B. BAGGETT.

CANPY FRAME.

(Application filed Aug. 5, 1898.

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

No. 624,I52. Patented May 2, |899.'

C. B. BAGGETT.

CANOPY FRAME.

(Application med Aug. u, 1898.

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(No Model.)

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W SSZS UNrrEn STATES PATENT EEICEe CHARLES BENNETT BAGGETT, OF VVEATHERFORD, TEXAS.

CANoPY-FRAME.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 624,152, dated May 2, 1899.

Application filed August 5, 1898. Serial No. 687,801. (No model.) n

at Weatherford, in the county of Parker and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Canopy-Frame, of which the following is Ia specification.

My invention relates to canopy-frames, and has for its object to provide a simple, compact, and eflicient extensible frame adapted to be supported for use either in connection with a bedstead or door'and window openings, dsc.

A special object of my invention is to so construct the frame as to support the fabric of the canopy in the desired position Without risk of tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

A furthe-r object of the invention is to provide such a construction of frame as to adapt it to be arranged in either of the several positions in which it 'maybe used without difficulty and without detracting from the efciency of the frame.

Further objects and advantages of this in vention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a canopy having a frame constructed in accordance with my invention applied in the operative position to a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the frame in its folded position and indicating in dotted lines an elevated position thereof.. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of the canopy-frame mounted upon a support consisting of a bracket adapted to be secured to avertical wall. Fig. et is a view of the bracket shown in Fig. 3 detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The essential features ofmy invention are embodied in a support lhaving' a stop-shoulder, a swinging arm having pivotal connection with the support and in the path of which said stop is arranged to limit the downward movement thereof when in a horizontal position, and lazy-tongs carried by said arm and provided with an operating-lever which is fulcrumed upon the arm. y

In the construction illustrated in Figs. l and 2, a supporting-arm lis pivotally mounted upon a bracket 2, the former being bifurcated to receive the bracket between its members and the downward movement of the supporting-arm being limited by a stop consisting o f the top rail 3 of the bedstead-frame 4. The bracket 2 is secured to the rear side of said head of the bedstead-frame in order to support the canopy-frame without marring the appearance of the bedstead-frame, and therefore it is convenient in practice to utilize the upper edge of the bedsteadframe head to limit the downward movement of the swinging arm l; but when the canopyframe is to be mounted independently of a bedstead-frame, as for use in connection with door and window openings or otherwise, I employ a bracket 2, having a stop or shoul der 3 arranged in the path of the downward or swinging movement of the supporting-arm, as indicated in Figs. 3 and fi. The supporting-arms l therefore in practice are normally disposed in a horizontal plane, and fulcrumed thereon are operating-levers 5, connected by a cross-bar 6 to insure simultaneous and coextensive movement of the two levers. The operating-levers are fulcrumed upon thesupporting-arms at equal distances from their upper extremities and from the front ends of the supporting-arms, and connected with said extremities of the operating-leversand supporting-arms are the elements of the lazy-tongs 7, which are adapted to be extended or folded by the movements in opposite directions of the Operatinglevers. Stops l and 1l are arranged upon the supporting-arms l, respectively, in the paths of the arms of the levers 5 to limit the extending and foldingmovements of said levers, whereby the lazy-tongs are held at the desired extension when the canopy is in 0perative position without the use of auxiliary means for upholding the outer ends thereof, said stops being clearly shown in Fig. 2. The lazy-tongs are connected at intervals, preferably at the upper angles formed by their elements, by transverse slats S, which span the interval between the lazy-tongs, and in ad- IOO dition to adding strength to the structure support the intermediate portions of a fabric 9, such as netting` or any preferred material, according to the use to whichthe apparatus is to be applied.

The supporting-arms l normally extend forward in a horizontal position from the fixed y support, whereby the free ends of the operat-ing-levers 5 are disposed downwardly and within reach of an operator, this being particularly convenient when the apparatus is used-in connection with a bedstead, for the reason that the occupant. of the bed may reach and move the lever with facility. The operating-levers are located, in the .construction illustrated, near the plane of the head'- board. It is' also desirable, under certain circumstances, to entirely remove the canopyframe from a position over the bedstead, and hence I have provided a pivotal connection between the said supporting-arms and the brackets, whereby, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the entire apparatus may be thrown back.

A further feature of the construction of my improved canopy-frame resides in the arrangement of spacing-washers l0 between the members or elements of the frame, and particularly of the lazy-tongs, at each pivot-al point of connection, whereby the engagement of the fabric or canopy-top between the levers is prevented, and hence the tearing of the fabric is avoided. It will be seen that by spacing the contiguous faces of the members or elements of the fraine the projection'of a fold of the fabric into the interval between said contiguous faces will not result in catching the fabric. There is no shearing contact between the members or elements of the frame.

As hereinbefore indicated, the apparatus ticularly'convenient in that the entire space below said arms is thereby left free to give space for the swinging of a door or of window-shutters, the., and it will be understood also that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages 'of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A canopy-frame having approximately horizontal supporting-arms, operating-levers fulcrumed at intermediate points upon said supporting-arms, the intervals between said fulcrum and the front and upper ends, respectively, of the supporting-arms and levers being equal, lazy-tongs terminally connected respectively to said extremities of the supporting-arms and levers, and stops for limiting the swinging movement of the levers with relation to the su pportin g-arms, substantially as specified.

2. In a canopy-support, the combination with brackets, of supporting-arms fulcrumed upon said brackets and having stops arranged in the paths of downward movement thereof, operating-levers fulcrumed at intermediate points upon said supporting-arms, the intervals between said fulcrum and the front and upper ends, respectively, of the support-ingarlns and levers being equal, lazy-tongs terminally connected respectively to said extremities of the supporting-arms and levers, and stops for limiting the swinging movement of the levers with relation to the supporting-arm s, said lazy-ton gs being connected at intervals and at their extremities by transverse canopy-supporting slats, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BENNETT BAGGETT. lVitnesses:

A. P. LYLE,

CHAs. R. VAN GIEsoN. 

